Indeed. Wouldn't it of been nicer if they had cut rewards to the witnesses and put it back into the main reward pool? Or perhaps they could have made witness rewards variable and dependent on how much work they were getting done. However, I'm guessing the witnesses would had vetoed that idea.
When you think about how much spam and bot action was taking place it simply isn't sustainable to put all that garbage on the blockchain forever. This new system will turn into something much more sleek than it was before. Even if RC distribution right now is totally Nazi, it won't be like that forever. Give it some time.